Royal Pains s03e07 Episode Script

Previously, on Royal Pains - Paige Collins, will you marry me? - Yes! You think you'll be able to provide for Paige in the style to which she is accustomed? Maybe you should talk to someone.
Wait wait Keep going Das ist ihr nicht! What does that mean to you? Es ist nicht ihr It's not her.
My parents feel entitled to restitution.
But parents cut me off, Raj.
I can't even afford the gratuity on this! Thank you again.
Don't thank me.
We need you around here.
I want to grow Hankmed.
I've heard these kinds of suggestions before And we're talking about a whole new level here, I have a fully fleshed-out business plan.
Is this about you wanting a bigger business, or is this about you wanting to make this a bigger business for Paige? No, thank you for hosting such a lovely party.
Uh, wonderful, wonderful Now, I'm going to from looking at your home, it's a beautiful, exquisite home.
I'm going to assume that you're quite a wealthy man.
Would you agree to that? Now, I would like to guess the exact amount of your net worth.
Hello, sir.
Hello.
What are you doing with these? I am promoting Hankmed in an understated way.
That's the way you prefer me to do it, isn't it? I guess, but This promotion is so understated, no one even knows it's happening.
It's total stealth marketing.
God, this Pappy Van Winkle family reserve bourbon is so good.
I told you.
Oh, I added some footage of the Jitney crash I found on YouTube.
I am so grateful for that horrible, horrible accident.
Evan Just because, you know, we've gotten a lot of business out of it.
This birthday party.
Brand-new client.
Found out about us because of the crash.
That's great now be quiet, 'cause I want to watch the magician.
I would like to borrow someone's watch.
You, sir.
May I? Yeah! Um, sure.
Ah If you don't mind me asking, how much was the box of cereal that this came out of? No, seriously, what do you do for a living? I'm a doctor.
A doctor? With that watch.
Wow.
Apparently health care reform is working.
Ah This is a watch.
Yeah, I'm not gonna let you disappear this one, my friend.
It was a gift from my girlfriend, so It's really a lovely watch.
- So, yeah, but you're not - Whoa.
Now Pl just be careful, please.
I will be gentle.
I will be gentle.
Unh! - Be careful, please.
- Let's see what happens.
- What? - Mmm.
Mmm! The handkerchief.
Okay.
Now, that is a doctor's watch.
Thank you! Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
It was wonderful being with you tonight.
So thank you.
And good night.
Oh, my God.
That was totally amazing.
Yeah, it was.
Almost as amazing as you trying to steal my watch.
- Give it back.
- Wha Agh! Ah! Gah! Ladies and gentlemen, dinner is served.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Are you really a doctor? Uh, watch and all, I'm afraid.
Great trick.
Thank you, thank you.
Only it didn't go exactly as I planned.
I'm afraid that's not the worst of my problems.
Royal Pains 3x07 - Ta Da For Original air date August 10, 2011 Um is this okay? It's perfect.
Thank you.
Thanks.
So what got you into magic? Uh, I thought it would impress the girls.
Ah, the basis of so many things we do.
Heh, I was wrong.
Magic just made them think I was weird.
- "Er.
" Weirder.
- Oh.
Unfortunately, by the time I figured that out, I had already gotten bitten by the bug.
I thought butter was for burns.
Common misconception.
Butter traps heat in the tissue, which risks causing more damage and increases the chances of infection.
Honey, on the other hand, has antiseptic qualities.
It seems like you've been doing magic tricks for a long time.
Oh, since I was nine.
Not not professionally, of course, but Two years ago, I was doing magic part-time.
While I was selling orthopedic shoes in Massapequa.
Oof.
And then, I started doing custom escapes at private parties for high-end clients.
And then, you know, business just took off.
Rich people love custom.
Ooh, yes, they do.
- You on any medications? - No.
Well, a water pill.
Helps me drop weight before a big escape.
Okay, deep breath.
Clear as day.
You got lucky.
I got unlucky.
Magic is about rehearsal.
It's about practice.
It's about planning.
Everything was going according to plan.
Then I started feeling weak and sweaty.
I started getting panicky paralyzed by fear.
It was like I was having a heart attack.
Uh, m maybe I'm just getting older, I don't know.
Maybe.
But maybe something more is going on.
No more water pills, okay? And let's do an EKG.
Okay.
Okay.
So I have been trying to get time with Boris to discuss my memories of the crash, only I am having no luck.
Well, he is a new father, and he is Boris.
And my calls do come with a history of asking for money.
You want I should set something up? - Would you? - Not a problem.
Thank you.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Any old business? - Uh, yeah.
Magic Andy's EKG came back clean, but as a precaution, I put him on a halter monitor, which I'm checking later today along with his burn.
All right, anyone else? Any new business? A few follow-ups this morning.
But then, if it's still right, I believe I have the afternoon off.
Scheduled and scheduled, Divya.
Big plans? No.
No.
Puttering, mostly.
"Puttering.
" Very good.
Well, uh, I have some new business.
At the party yesterday, one of our Hankmed promotional DVDs somehow made its way into a VIPP.
That's "Very Important Person's Pocket.
" Ah.
And that person just happens to be Matt Lauer.
Ohh, you sucked up to Matt Lauer? I would have, but he left.
However thanks to social networking sites, Us magazine, and the freedom of information act, I learned that he has a weekend place in Water Mill.
He exercises at the Southampton Swim and Racquet Club, and he can often be seen browsing in M'Lady's Vestibule, his favorite Hamptons antique store.
Ah, well, as long as you're not stalking him.
Hank, I want to grow this business.
For us.
Evan you wanna be on TV for you.
Why do you always have to make it about me? It's not about me.
It's always about you.
All right, that's not fair and that's not true.
Hey, so Why didn't you tell Hank that you're doing shifts at the hospital? I was going to.
But then I thought, why burden him? You know how he is.
I mean, he'd want to help out.
But then only way out of this is for me to pay back Raj's parents.
Which is my problem, not his.
I don't know how many different ways I can say no! I can't believe you're refusing to do The Today Show.
I'm not refusing.
They're not asking.
Which makes this an argument about nothing.
Okay, so if they did ask, would you do it? What can I say that will make you stop talking? - You can answer the question.
- Fine! Yes.
Evan if the real world somehow collides with your world, and The Today Show wants Hankmed on it, yes, I will do it.
Now, was that so hard to say? Yes.
Look it's your secret.
And I'll keep it.
I just think that the longer I do, the more awkward things could get.
It won't be forever.
Just until I get my financial house in order.
And I give you my word, it will not be awkward.
What won't? Nothing.
Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm s Puh! I'm sorry.
Oh, God, my stomach.
- Gah! - What the hell are you doing? I'm sorry.
Okay, look.
I just really want to talk to you for two seconds about The Today Show, okay? Seriously? That's why you're jumping on top of me? Yeah, k kind of.
Gee, I missed it this morning.
All right.
All right, tell me, who was the musical guest? So you're not Matt Lauer.
No.
And you're not Natalie Morales.
That's it.
We got that cleared up now? - Yeah.
- Can I finish my swim? Sure sure.
Have a good lap.
Andy? Andy? Help! Andy? Okay okay Is there a key? No! No, there's not.
All right, hang on.
I'm gonna get you out of there.
Good.
Good.
Are you okay? Oh, my God.
What is wrong with me? - What is wrong with me? - I don't know yet.
I'm not seeing any arrhythmias on your halter results, so it's probably not your heart.
All you've got is a slightly elevated heart rate while you were trapped.
That's the thing.
I shouldn't have been trapped.
I built this crate.
I mean, it was like I was in the chimney again.
Paralyzed by fear.
All right, well, then let's start by checking your reflexes.
Here you go.
Okay, lie down for me, please.
All right.
Ooh! Oh ho.
Whoa ho.
Ooh.
That tickles.
As long as it makes your toes flex.
If they were to extend, it could indicate a lesion in your spinal cord or cerebral cortex.
Aren't you a big bag of sunshine? Lift your shirt, please.
Yesterday, you mentioned you take a diuretic to lose weight before an escape.
I know, it's not a six pack.
No, no, no, no.
I didn't mean that.
I need to test the quadrants of your abdominals.
All right, you can sit up now.
What I'm getting at is, if you're feeling the kind of pressure to perform that's got you taking water pills and freezing up in situations you've rehearsed, then maybe what you have is an anxiety disorder.
Okay yes, I I have anxiety in my everyday life.
But it's not supposed to spill over into my act.
My act is rehearsed.
There's no surprises.
There's nothing to fear.
I'm actually more comfortable in front of an audience than I am one on one.
- You okay, buddy? - Hmm.
It's funny.
I'm the exact opposite.
Yeah, most people are.
But to me, that that's the real magic of my act.
That I can transform this introverted ex-shoe salesman into the kind of polished performer that rich, successful people, they clap for.
Well, if it is an anxiety disorder, it can likely be controlled with medication.
What about side effects? Magic requires dexterity, it requires focus.
I can't take anything that's gonna impair that.
Look, I'm not prescribing anything yet.
Let me take some blood.
See if that gets us anywhere.
And, in the meantime no escapes.
I have a huge show tonight.
If I don't barely escape from that crate right before J.
Turner Wellerbing drives his Aston Martin into it, he's not gonna be happy.
Okay, I'm not saying don't do any magic.
Just stick to turning handkerchiefs into Hermes scarves and quarters into krugerrands.
You said rich people love custom.
Isn't that what you said? Look, I will walk your blood into the lab myself and try to work my magic.
But until I know for sure what's going on with you, I'm sorry, but Mr.
Wellerbing is just gonna have to drive his Aston Martin into someone else.
Yes? Hey, I need our billing number for the lab at Hamptons Heritage.
Again? "O" 8a7bgp732.
Why is that so hard for you to remember? Hang on, let me get a pen.
And why are you talking like that? Are you stalking Matt Lauer? No, I am not stalking him.
I am observing him from a safe distance until the moment is right for me to, uh, strike.
Evan, that's stalking.
Just call me when when you find a pen.
Wait, I got one! Hello? Evan? - Uhh! - Hey there.
- Hey.
- Problem? I need Evan to give me our billing number for the lab.
"O" 8a7bgp732.
How does he how do you one more time.
Come here.
"O" 8a there you go.
Problem solved.
Thank you.
Now can you get Evan to quit his Today Show obsession? I'm sure it's just a phase.
Yeah, you thought him saying, "Evan R.
Lawson, CFO of Hankmed" was just a phase too.
Wishful thinking, I guess.
- You know what I wish? - Hmm? I wish there was a fake Today Show I could hire to interview him.
Then he'd stop.
You know, I have a friend in the Suffolk College Media Department she might be able to arrange something like that.
But wouldn't that be cruel? Yeah.
Yeah, it would.
- Let's call her.
- Okay.
- Are you okay? - I'm fine, Hank! Uh, okay Jill.
Uh, maybe have a sip of the tea.
- Yeah.
Okay.
- Okay.
- Thanks.
- See ya.
Hey, you're the new girl, yeah? Um, the new P.
A.
, yes.
Divya I've written discharge papers for bed four, but give him a road test first, will you? Road test? Make sure he's sober.
Got it.
What's going on with him? Well, for starters, he's uninsured and smells like cheap scotch.
He wanted a shot of meperidine, but I just gave him some antacid for his gastritis.
Drug seekers are like cats, you know? You can't feed 'em or they keep comin' back.
Mr.
Lauer, you let me know if there's anything I can help you with.
Thanks, Bernice.
I will.
May I help you? Um, no.
No, actually.
I was just admiring this, uh, this beautiful horse.
It's spectacular, isn't it? Mm-hmm.
It was carved in the 19th century.
It was taken from the carousel that appeared in the film Mary Poppins.
- Really? Mary Poppins? - Mm-hmm.
The bridle, I think, has been replaced, but the tail is original horsehair.
Okay, excuse me.
Excuse me for one second.
- Sorry.
- Ohh! Ohh! Look what you've done to poor Wilbur.
- Wilbur? - Oh, my - Sorry, Wilbur.
- Um - Here, let me just - No, no, sir no, I can sew I can shove it back in.
Ju ju just stop it! Just stop! Mr.
Watkins how are you? My head hurts.
My stomach hurts.
I got gas shooting out both ends.
Terrific.
I hear that you have been drinking.
Pff! A little.
Hey, if you get away with it on the job, right? You mind lifting up your shirt for me? You'll have to toss me some beads first.
Kidding.
Ahh.
What? What was that look for? It means that your days of drinking on the job, among other places, are over.
The accumulation of fluid in your abdomen is called ascites.
The paracentesis should give you some relief.
Whoa.
Look at that.
Jesus turned water into wine, and I turned whisky into beer.
Actually, you turned it into peritoneal fluid.
Your drinking has damaged your liver and you need to see a hepatologist.
Still, it looks cool.
Hmm.
What are you doing? Paracentesis.
I can see that.
Where did you get the ultrasound? Oh, I grabbed it from down the hall.
It reduces the risk of intra-abdominal organ injury.
I know what it does, but you can't just go grabbing an ultrasound because you feel like it.
There's protocol.
Does Dr.
Van Dyke know you're doing this? Uh, no.
Oh, impressive.
You're going to get fired after only two shifts.
Andy? Andy - Yeah.
- Aah! Look, I know you're a magician, but do you have to do that? - Do what? - Just appear? I didn't just appear.
I came from the bathroom.
Oh.
Okay.
Well, I have some news.
Your symptoms aren't being caused by an anxiety disorder.
They're from an elevated thyroid level.
So why do I have that? If you don't mind um swallow for me.
There it is.
An adenoma on your thyroid gland.
It's called a hot nodule.
Hmm, terrific.
The one part of me that's hot's making me sick.
I'm gonna give you some beta blockers.
They need to build up in your system, but once they do, you ought to have some short-term relief.
What about long term? Surgery to remove the adenoma.
It's pretty minor.
And after a few weeks rest, you'll be good as new.
So I know what's going on with me now.
Ta-da! - Don't do that.
- What? Never do "Ta-da".
- Why not? - It says your magic is weak.
I I it speaks for the moment when the moment should speak for itself.
Ohh.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I thought your shift was over.
It is.
I had some patients to follow up on.
Yeah.
The guy with the ascites you drained Did the duty nurse come running in here like the sky was falling? No, but Honestly, Jill, the way she went on about protocol.
How I could be fired.
You'd think that I was somehow killing this man.
Divya.
She was right.
Okay.
Welcome to a hospital.
You can't do things how you'd want to when you want to.
Hey, Van Dyke barely looked at the guy.
He totally missed the ascites.
I'm not arguing that the patient didn't need a procedure.
But you should have told Van Dyke first.
It wasn't brain surgery.
It doesn't matter.
Divya, I love having you here, and I was happy to help you with this job.
But now, I need you to help me by following the rules.
Because, while it's nice that they protect my doctors' egos, what's really nice is they protect the patient's health.
Ahh.
Yeah.
What the hell is that? This? What is it? It's an antique carousel horse.
Hmm.
Originally carved in the 19th century, it also appeared in the film Mary Poppins.
And you have it because Uh, no reason.
Just don't touch its tail.
Okay.
So, Ev, uh you're not gonna believe this.
The Today Show actually called.
They want to interview us.
What? What? Hold on.
- What?! - I know! Are you kidding me? Oh, my God! I told you that DVD was a good idea! I guess I can't argue.
They'll be here on Friday at 9:30.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Yes! Oh, my ohh.
Hey, Hank, it's Andy.
Hey, I just want to say thanks.
These pills already have me feeling 100% better.
Good, good.
Okay, I gotta go.
Bye.
Man think I sweat out like ten pounds lugging that thing in here.
Andy said he always takes a water pill before an escape.
Water comes in pills? Dude, I'd swallow, like, No, no, water pills are diuretics.
They make your body lose water.
Then I would not swallow any of them.
Evan, do you know where the Wellerbings live? Yeah, it's the biggest house on Georgica Pond.
I've been trying to sign those guys up with us since last summer why? 'Cause I need to get there now.
There's more to Andy's condition than I realized.
He wasn't paralyzed by fear.
He was paralyzed by paralysis.
Now, now once I am securely locked inside the crate, Mr.
Wellerbing will crush me at 60 miles per hour with his Aston Martin DBS, one of the most expensive cars in the world.
Now, Mr.
Wellerbing, you know that if this doesn't go well, your car could get pretty messed up.
Are you sure you don't want to use one of those cheap Lamborghinis that you have? No? All right.
How long do I have? Zero to 60 in 4.
7 seconds.
Mr.
Wellerbing, please take your position.
I need two volunteers.
Two volunteers.
Ah, lovely lady in the back, please come forward.
And you, miss, would you please step forward? If you don't mind opening the crate, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you very much.
Now I bid you adieu.
Five! Four! Three! Two! - One! - Stop! Stop the car! Whew.
Oh! You can't move, can you? Ta-da.
You took a water pill, didn't you? Yeah.
What, now I'm gonna die? No.
This is temporary.
Your hyperthyroidism combined with the dehydration from the water pill dropped your potassium so low, you went into thyrotoxic periodic paralysis.
So all those times I was feeling weak, is this what was happening then too? If I were a betting man, I'd put money on it.
And didn't I tell you to stay away from confinement tricks? Magic is my life, Hank.
I can't go back to selling corrective insoles.
Damn it! All that planning, all that rehearsal.
And I blew it.
What? Are you kidding me? You did it half-paralyzed.
I mean, that's that's even more amazing.
No.
No.
It didn't go as planned.
There was no big finish.
Just a bunch of broken glasses and people that think I'm pathetic.
Oh, my God, I swear to God.
This is like high school again.
A actually, in that waiter's outfit, I don't think most people here even know it's you.
Thank you.
You're honey and plastic wrap, right? Actually, I go by Betty.
I've worked a lot of the same parties out here as you, and that was the coolest illusion I've ever seen.
And not just of yours.
Of of anyone's.
Thanks, Betty.
I'm Andy.
I'd shake your hand, but I'm kind of paralyzed right now.
Are you sure this is gonna wear off? Positive.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
I did not know that you were busy.
I'm not.
Close the curtain.
You asked to see me? How are your eyes? - Good.
- Not you, Danny.
They're fine.
Top of this patient's chart, what does it say next to the word "physician"? It says "Van Dyke.
" Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
Dr.
Van Dyke, I wasn't trying to flout your authority.
- I was merely - Okay, this isn't a discussion.
So I don't need explanations, apologies, or excuses.
You thought I missed the ascites, didn't you? - Yes.
- Well his presentation didn't warrant immediate paracentesis.
What he needed was a trip to the free clinic.
So next time you get the urge to go sticking needles into my patients, consult me first.
I will.
Now breaches of protocol aside, his peritoneal fluid came back from the lab positive for SBP.
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
He's been admitted.
Turns out, you probably saved his life.
Or, since my name's on his chart, I did.
Danny, stop wiggling, unless you want a crooked eyebrow.
So in spite of the ass-backward way you went about it, you made me look good, and I'd like to say thank you.
Well, you are welcome I'd like to say thank you by buying you dinner.
So I'll let you know where and when.
You can go now.
Not you, Danny.
Almost done.
Whoa! - Oh, I'm sorry.
- Oh, my It's you.
Yeah, it's me.
Ben Affleck.
Oh! Isn't that crazy how how, sometimes, when you stop looking for something, it just pops up in front of you? I guess.
Right now, I'm just looking for a little cowboy rub.
You're looking for what? Yeah, that sounded weird.
It's, um, it's a spice blend.
I like it on my meat.
That sounded weird too.
It's, uh look.
Grilly Man Cowboy Rub.
See? Not weird.
Cool.
So I'm I'm really looking forward - to our interview on Friday.
- What? Um, our oh, do you not recognize me? I'm Evan R.
Lawson, the CFO of Hankmed, from the DVD.
My brother and I, we're talking on the show on Friday, 9:30.
He's the former E.
R.
doctor turned house call physician to the rich and not-so-rich.
Wait a minute.
Did you watch the DVD? Can I be honest with you? I don't have a clue what you're talking about.
We don't have a doctor interview on Friday.
This is baby animal week.
Al got the polar bears.
I got turtles.
Ooh, turtles.
That sucks, for both of us.
Listen, Matt can I call you Matt? - No.
- Mr.
Lauer you wanna get out of this turtle thing? I have a perfect replacement that not only fits into your occasional series on the changing face of health care in America, but also features home video of a brutal, multi-car accident with a daring medical rescue at the end.
Evan, right? Yes.
Evan, take a walk with me.
I need a little sugar.
Why does that keep happening? I understand you've regained some memories from the night of the accident.
I have.
At the time, I recalled smelling cigarette smoke.
So there was someone else there.
The driver who fled, presumably? Mm, a second person.
- You saw them? - No.
But I heard something that would only really make sense if one person were talking to another.
Which was? Das ist die nicht.
"Das ist sie nicht"? "It's not her.
" So whoever that was was expecting to find someone else in your car.
Hmm.
So your theory, then, is that these persons deliberately created an accident to get to Marisa? Yes.
The smoke you smelled, could it not have been a damaged engine? I don't think so, but What does your therapist say about all of this? You know I'm seeing a therapist? You're a member of the medical community.
You sustained head trauma.
I assumed.
Right.
I'm sorry, what did you ask? If your therapist feels these are memories rather than fabrications? Are you saying that you think that I'm imagining all of this? Well, I think our minds seek to order and explain our experiences to give reason to events which otherwise would seem random and meaningless.
Well, if that's the case, then I have wasted your time and the police's.
The police? What did they think of your theory? They said they'd look into it.
- Boris, I'm sorry if I've - Please, don't be.
You were concerned for someone else's safety.
To allay any lingering fears you my have, I'll share your concern with Galil, my security chief.
Okay.
Thank you for your time.
Of course.
Take care of yourself.
Thank you.
Dieter.
Find Marisa, find my son, and get me Galil.
Andy? Hang on, Andy! I'm gonna open the safety latch! Hank! Just - Hank! - Calm down! What are you what are you doing here? Oh you're okay.
Yeah.
I I was in the neighborhood.
I thought I'd check up on you, take your blood pressure, see how the medication's working.
Yeah, great, great.
I'm fine.
Good, so no attacks, no cramping, no heart issues? Nope.
Nope.
Okay, what about muscle weakness? Uh Is there another person in there? No.
No, I I do a little, uh, ventriloquism.
- Oh, really? - Yeah.
No, he doesn't.
Oh! Hello.
- Hi.
- Betty, right? Right, uh, Betty's my new assistant.
I figured if I ever got trapped again, it would be good to have one.
You know, for safety.
- Right! - Right.
Although, in that instance, one of you might want to stay outside the crate.
You know, for safety.
Yeah! Good idea.
Yeah.
Okay.
Where have you been? I got you up over an hour ago.
What are you doing? Just tell me you read the note cards I left on your desk.
Of course I read them.
- I need coffee.
- Good, get it.
Dr.
Lawson, Noelle Cook, segment producer.
Here's coffee.
Let's get you miked and powdered.
Uh, wow.
Thank you.
Everyone looks so professional and so old.
And good morning to you too.
No, no, no.
No, I'm sorry.
I just meant, uh Oh, never mind.
Right, right.
That was great.
Hey Noelle, uh, should I have worn a tie, do you think? Would that have said CFO more? I'm sure you'll say it plenty without a tie.
- That's heh.
- You're up next.
So take a seat.
Just relax.
- Yeah.
- Have fun.
- Yes, fun.
- You'll be great.
That's great.
Okay, uh Let's do this.
The Today Show Ahh! Mm! These guys are brothers.
Is that it? Okay.
Which town are they in? Evan, that's The Today Show.
- Thank you.
- Yes, Hank.
Yes, it is.
But how how what what what's going on? Uh, you mean why is The Today Show actually here as opposed to some slipshod prank you cooked up? Yes.
Funny story about that.
I, uh, I ran into Matt Lauer at Citarella.
And we got to talking about the DVD and the Jitney crash, and I realized that you were totally shining me on.
Fortunately, Matt enjoys a good practical joke, also thought that we'd make a good interview.
Thus allowing me not only to promote our business, but also to exact my revenge upon you.
- Heh.
- So two birds One Today Show sized stone.
I don't like this.
And we're on in five - All right.
- Four Three We're joined now by Hank and Evan Lawson, two brothers from Passaic, New Jersey, who run a concierge medical practice out in the exclusive Hamptons.
Guys, good morning to both of you.
Good morning to you, Matt! Uh, thanks a lot for having us.
Yes, for having us.
Well, thanks for being here.
So tell us exactly what is a concierge doctor? Ah, yes.
Uh, concierge - Camera's right there.
- Camera's right there.
Uh, doctors, are, by and large, people.
Basically, it's a private medical practice in which It's a private medical practice.
- uh, we come to you - Come to you whenever and wherever you need us.
Wherever you need us.
You need us.
Let's go to some recent footage, guys.
This is you two in action, and you're responding to a traffic accident out there.
Let's take a look.
- Good.
- Very good.
That's good.
- I can't do this.
- Yes, you you agreed to do this.
Yeah, because I never thought it would happen.
I I don't know what to say.
Just stick to the talking points.
What talking points? - On the note cards you read.
- I - That you didn't read.
- No.
- Here, take mine.
- Okay.
Read them really quick, right here.
Just read some right now.
Just memorize a couple of them.
- Okay.
- Please, quick.
We have become we're okay.
It's ok it's fine.
Just take a deep breath.
- Hank, it's okay, all right? - Okay.
- Okay.
Okay.
- It's all right.
That, I have to say, is, uh, pretty impressive stuff.
So, Dr.
Lawson, let me ask you, how would you say your life has changed since then? It cha well, um Just read the cards.
- How did that, uh - Just read.
- These I don't know.
- Just say something.
Uh, there there uh - Ah, umm.
Aaah.
- You know, Matt, the business has definitely changed.
We haven't changed that much at all.
We're still the same patient-focused private practice that we've always been.
- Private practice that we've always been.
- And and we're just - we're more popular.
- Yeah, we're more popular.
- Yeah.
- More popular.
In a day, an age when we go to the doctor and sometimes we feel more like numbers than people, I have to say it's nice to see that you guys are flipping that on its head.
- We are.
We are.
We are.
- Yeah.
And, you know what? We're really flipping good.
Yeah, we're f flipping good.
That sounds like a new catchphrase.
So, um, Hank and Evan, we'll stop it there.
Thank you for joining us.
- Thank you.
- Thank you, Brian.
And we're clear.
Who's Brian? That's Brian.
Hank, no, that's Matt Lauer! That's Matt Lauer.
Hank, what the what what just happened? I don't know! I got so I got I got a little I got a little nervous.
You got a little ner look at you! Dude, you're melting! Yeah, maybe that's because you just sprang a nationally televised live interview on me! Oh, that that wasn't live.
We were pre-taping to use at some point in the future.
- What? - What? Wait, wait.
So no one no one saw that.
Nope! And to be totally honest with you, I'm not super-sure that anyone ever will.
You promise? Okay, so at the risk of stealing your motto I have a confession to make.
I am terrified of public speaking.
You don't say? Ever since my ninth grade production of The Wizard Of Oz.
Oh, when you played the scarecrow.
And forgot all the words to If I Only Had A Brain.
Yes, I remember that.
I do.
It was very ironic.
It's hard to imagine something more embarrassing than that.
These pretzels are so good.
I told you.
So can we just get something straight.
Just wanna understand something.
Cutting people open that's easy.
Right? Talking scary to the point of sweating out half your body weight? What can I say? I'm more at home one on one than I am in front of an audience.
You're being really honest about it.
It's making it really hard for me to gloat.
Just please, don't ever make me do that again.
Believe me, had I known, it never would have happened.
Really? You'd have passed up The Today Show? What? No, I wouldn't have passed it up.
I just wouldn't have allowed you and your amazing waterfall armpits near the camera.
That's all.
Look, I only agreed to do it because I never believed you could make it happen.
Yeah, you pretty much don't believe anything I say I can do.
It's funny.
You're right.
Hmm? You're right.
You talk and I roll my eyes at your ideas, your dreams, and your schemes, just because they're yours and I think you're crazy.
Hmm.
Only now I realize you're not just crazy, you're fearless.
I just don't give up when I know what I want.
Not the first time, anyway.
Which is why, in spite of your objections, Henry, Hankmed must expand.
Look, I know that's your plan.
But what if it's not my plan? What if I'm comfortable the way things are? Um, the way I remember it, you were comfortable back in Brooklyn in your boxer shorts, watching Jerry Springer reruns, drinking beer at 10:00 in the morning.
You sure as heck didn't plan to be a concierge doctor, either.
Or to live here.
Or to call it Hankmed, even.
That was all me, Henry.
That's true.
Okay.
Okay.
This round goes to you.
Hmm.
But our battle isn't over.
Bring it.
You're not turning this into "McMedicine.
" Fine.
How 'bout Medbucks? - Okay.
- Hank-Mart? Doc In The Box? Look, Henr all I want to do is add one doctor.
One doctor to expand our service area.
That's it.
But eventually Hi.
We're here from The Today Show.
Hi.